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New Study Sets the Stage to Help People Maintain Weight Loss After Dieting

Researchers led by McMaster University professor Gregory Steinberg and postdoctoral research fellow Dongdong Wang have uncovered a key mechanism for promoting weight loss and maintaining the burning of calories during dieting.

29 Jun 2023

Disclosing the Key Role of Mitofusin 2 Cellular Makeup in Interconnecting Organelles Within Cells

Researchers at IRB Barcelona, the University of Barcelona (UB), VIMM, and the University of Padua unveil the key role of Mitofusin 2 cellular makeup in interconnecting organelles within cells.

29 Jun 2023

Squid-Inspired Soft Film Could Revolutionize Health Monitoring and Temperature Management

With a flick of a switch, current technologies allow you to quickly change materials from being dark to light, or cold to hot, just by blocking or transmitting specific wavelengths.

28 Jun 2023

Analyzing the Cis-Regulatory Elements and Transcription Factors Related to Auxin Signaling

Phytohormones are chemical messengers that control the growth of plants and also their response to the environment.

27 Jun 2023

Microfluidics Technology Enables Reproducible and Flexible Biofabrication Method

The 3B’s Research Group at the University of Minho, Portugal, is using microfluidics technologies from Dolomite Microfluidics to create complex hydrogel structures that can mimic biological microenvironments.

26 Jun 2023

Access of METAPs to Protein Factories is Controlled by NAC

On the basis of genetic blueprints, individual amino acids have been assembled into long amino acid chains, the proteins, in the protein factories of human cells, called the ribosomes.

23 Jun 2023

Rescue Treatment Found From Plant Extracts for People With Ataxia

A University of California, Irvine-led team of researchers have discovered that extracts from plants used by the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations peoples in their traditional botanical medicine practices are able to rescue the function of ion channel proteins carrying mutations that cause human Episodic Ataxia.

22 Jun 2023

Scientists Discover New Embryonic Cell Type that Self-Destructs to Protect the Developing Embryo

Scientists studying gene activity data of the early human embryo have discovered an overlooked type of cell which self-destructs within days of forming, as part of a quality control process to protect the developing foetus.

21 Jun 2023

Miniaturized Sensor System can Detect Specific Seizure Gases

In people with epilepsy, seizure-alert dogs can smell small changes in body chemistry and warn of an impending seizure an hour or more before it occurs.

21 Jun 2023

Reengineering the Cellular Synthetic Machinery to Produce Never-Before-Seen Polymers

Synthetic biologists have become increasingly creative in engineering yeast or bacteria to churn out useful chemicals -; from fuels to fabrics and drugs -; beyond the normal repertoire of microbes.

14 Jun 2023

Laxative Prucalopride can Have Important Effects in the Brain Circuits Crucial for Learning and Memory

Cognitive deficits accompany mood disorders and other psychiatric conditions, often with debilitating effects.

14 Jun 2023

Study Examines the Effects of Fatty Fish Consumption on the Lipophilic Index

Eating fatty fish decreased the lipophilic index in people with impaired glucose metabolism or coronary heart disease, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland.

13 Jun 2023

Miniaturized Wireless Sensor Provides Real-Time Food Spoilage Alerts

Food waste and food-borne diseases are among the most critical problems urban populations face today. They contribute to greenhouse emissions tremendously and amplify economic and environmental costs.

12 Jun 2023

A New Method to Escape from Metastability

Prof. Haojun Liang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ (CAS) University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) suggested a new way to escape from metastability for self-assembly in a far-from-equilibrium system. The study was published in the journal PNAS.

12 Jun 2023

Chemical Transformation Produces a Wide Range of Complex Molecules

Diversity, according to chemists like Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Professor John Moses, is a doorway to discovery. Scientists are more likely to discover something valuable if they have access to more molecules to study.

8 Jun 2023

Understanding Pollen Coat Biosynthesis and Transport in Angiosperms

Pollen coat biosynthesis and transport are intricate processes involving compartmentalized biosynthesis, coordinated transport, and exact regulation between organelles and cell types, according to research conducted under the direction of Prof. Xiaoquan Qi at the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

8 Jun 2023

CSIRO Invests $25 Million to Drive Biotech Innovation

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has invested $25 million up to 2027 in a new program that will harness the building blocks of life to solve intractable problems.

7 Jun 2023

Natural Peptide From Fruit Flies may Pave Way for New Antibiotics

Scientists at the University of Illinois Chicago have found that a peptide from fruit flies could lead to new antibiotics.

7 Jun 2023

Microbes Play Most Important Role in Soil Carbon Sequestration

Microbes are by far the most important factor in determining how much carbon is stored in the soil, according to a new study with implications for mitigating climate change and improving soil health for agriculture and food production.

6 Jun 2023

Nitrogen Uptake by Corn From Fertilizer is Less Than What Farmers Think

Corn growers seeking to increase the amount of nitrogen taken up by their crop can adjust many aspects of fertilizer application, but recent studies from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign show those tweaks don’t do much to improve uptake efficiency from fertilizer.

6 Jun 2023

Biochemistry

New Study Sets the Stage to Help People Maintain Weight Loss After Dieting

Disclosing the Key Role of Mitofusin 2 Cellular Makeup in Interconnecting Organelles Within Cells

Squid-Inspired Soft Film Could Revolutionize Health Monitoring and Temperature Management

Analyzing the Cis-Regulatory Elements and Transcription Factors Related to Auxin Signaling

Microfluidics Technology Enables Reproducible and Flexible Biofabrication Method

Access of METAPs to Protein Factories is Controlled by NAC

Rescue Treatment Found From Plant Extracts for People With Ataxia

Scientists Discover New Embryonic Cell Type that Self-Destructs to Protect the Developing Embryo

Miniaturized Sensor System can Detect Specific Seizure Gases

Reengineering the Cellular Synthetic Machinery to Produce Never-Before-Seen Polymers

Laxative Prucalopride can Have Important Effects in the Brain Circuits Crucial for Learning and Memory

Study Examines the Effects of Fatty Fish Consumption on the Lipophilic Index

Miniaturized Wireless Sensor Provides Real-Time Food Spoilage Alerts

A New Method to Escape from Metastability

Chemical Transformation Produces a Wide Range of Complex Molecules

Understanding Pollen Coat Biosynthesis and Transport in Angiosperms

CSIRO Invests $25 Million to Drive Biotech Innovation

Natural Peptide From Fruit Flies may Pave Way for New Antibiotics

Microbes Play Most Important Role in Soil Carbon Sequestration

Nitrogen Uptake by Corn From Fertilizer is Less Than What Farmers Think

Driving Support for Pharmaceutical Testing Through Continuous Innovation

From Memory to Metaplasticity: Unraveling the Brain's Secrets

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